A torch goes out: Edward Kennedy, Senate legend and last in a storied line of brothersHYANNIS PORT, Mass. — The greatest heights eluded Ted Kennedy over a lifetime of achievement and pain. No presidency. No universal health care, chief among his causes. Late Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Ted Kennedy): Brief BiographyA chronology of the life of Sen. Edward Kennedy Highlights in the life of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, surviving brother in political dynasty, dies at 77 after cancer battleHYANNIS PORT, Mass. — Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, last surviving brother in an American political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. He was 77. Kids convinced Caroline Kennedy to call off her Senate bidNEW YORK - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of assassinated US President John F Kennedy, was convinced by her teenage children to get out of the running for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, a new exposé on America’s most storied political family reveals |